Abstract: Apparatus for mounting retrofit equipment modules into the equipment mounting cabinetry of an installed modular equipment signal network includes an interface module and mini-backplane combination which is adapted for insertion into the equipment cabinetry with electrical signal connection of the mini-backplane to the cabinetry master backplane, and for mounting retrofit modules inserted therein in electrical signal interconnectivity with others of the network equipment modules.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 1, 1999
Date of Patent:
June 5, 2001
Assignee:
Nortel Networks Limited
Inventors:
Roger Arthur Beun, William Locke Craig, Jr., Joseph John Lommen, Janice Parker Broniak, Derek Chunchi Liou, Jeffrey Scott Taylor